Tommy Standridge Stadium
1330 W. Valwood Pkwy
Carrollton, TX
2008 Race Results Are Here!
Thanks to all who volunteered and participated in the 2008 Kacie
Brekhus Memorial Run!
Overall
Finish Results (PDF)
Age Group Results
(PDF)
Kacie Brekhus
Kaitlin Jo Brekhus
September 13, 1984-October 3, 2003
Kacie Brekhus
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Kacie Brekhus attended the Special Olympics Torch Run that is now named
in her honor.
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The Memorial Run
is held every year, rain or shine. |
Kacie Brekhus attended Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District
(C-FB ISD) kindergarten through her senior year, attending Las Colinas Elementary,
Barbara Bush Middle School in its inaugural year, and graduating from R. L.
Turner High School in 2003. Among many other things, Kacie was involved with
the R. L. Turner High School Torch Run
throughout high school. She was a member of the 2000, 2001, 2002
Torch Run Committee and Staff. Kacie was the Torch Run Coordinator her
senior year in 2003.
After
Kacie's death in a tragic traffic accident
in October 2003 while she was a freshman at
The University of Texas at Austin in the Red
McCombs School of Business, R. L. Turner High
School decided to rename the Torch Run in honor
of Kacie Brekhus. That year, proceeds benefiting
C-FB ISD special education students and teachers
with the funds utilized for Special Olympics
teams and teacher grants that benefit special
education students. The Brekhus Family is honored
that the run has been named R. L. Turner Kacie
Brekhus Memorial Run." The family believes the run honors Kacie's memory and is the title
and presenting sponsor" of the run.
Her family has written:
We
think Kacie would be proud. Kacie would recall
how worthwhile the long, hard hours she contributed
were. She would remember with a smile those early,
early Saturday mornings when she and her friends
would attend other 5K Races to hand out advertising
flyers for the R. L. Turner Torch Run. She would
cherish her family, friends and colleagues who
strive to carry out the tradition of supporting
the Torch Run. She would be honored to have her
name associated with such a worthy cause. She
would want us to continue to contribute fully
to the R. L. Turner Kacie Brekhus Memorial Run.
She would have continued to be involved with
this worthwhile endeavor herself no matter where
her life would have taken her. She had vowed
to continue to support this cause for the rest
of her life…and she did wholeheartedly and unselfishly."
Kacie received many compliments and accolades during her life for her
dedication and commitment to R. L. Turner High School, its mission and projects.
As a tribute following her death, Principal Kim Holland stated that she was a
born leader with the heart of a servant" and that her inner beauty outshined
even her outer beauty."
Kacie herself would credit C-FB ISD for instilling within her those
qualities we all so admire, respect and strive to attain.
